The Secret Avengers Gets A New Make Over

The Secret Avengers is getting a makeover this Feburary starting with it's Point One Initiative issue, #21.1, following that, issue #22 everything starts to take shape and form.

Marvel has announced that the Secret Avengers will be losing members but also gaining new ones. Issue #21.1 will bring about the appearance of a newly formed Masters of Evil. Issue #22 is to start a new arc for the newly formed Secret Avengers in which the bad guys are hyper evolved descendants of the Super Adaptoid, the android A.I.M created by putting a shard of the cosmic cube inside of him to take out the Avengers.

The new team will have some cross overs with Venom and Uncanny X-Force, especially with Uncanny X-Force #5.1, no details were given about that though.

For those wondering, the new team will consist of Hawkeye leading Black Widow, Ant-Man, Beast, Venom (Eddie Brock's Venom suit), Valkyrie, Captain Britain and a man who resembled the Human Torch. Now the guy who looks like the Human Torch can either be the original Human Torch or Johnny Storm, my guess is that it's going to be the original, Jim Hammon, that or it's Toro.

Issue 21.1 with have Rick Remender as the writer and Patrick Zircher as the illustrator. Then issue 22 will include Gabriel Hardman joining Remender.

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Death of Spider-Man Review

I just finished the last issue of Ultimate Spider-Man's Death of Spider-Man, and it was good, but not the best. It almost made me tear up, yeah, I'll say it and I'll explain myself, but at the same time it was too fast. This whole issue was about Spidey dishing it out with the Green Goblin while he's incredibly wounded as he's trying to protect Aunt May and Gwen.

The first part that got me going "Oh hell yeah, some ass will be kicked!" was when Johnny went after the Goblin.

But then the Green Goblin absorbed Johnny's flames and knocked him out, so there went my few seconds of happiness. But then this happened:

As Spidey is being up the Goblin, the Goblin gets Spider-Man to the ground, and right before he can do anything to Spider-Man, Mary Jane comes to the rescue slamming into the Green Goblin. She brought a truck to a fight, you never see that happen. But where int he world did she get that thing from? And how was she able to steal it? Hot wiring perhaps, or maybe asking nicely for the keys.

The greatest part of Mary Jane's arrival was when Peter threw her in the air for her safety, but it's okay, he spun a web for her to land in.

This is where it starts to get good; the first time Spider-Man breaks his non killing rule. Spider-Man lifts the truck MJ brought and starts to lay the Goblin out pound after pound. Everything seems to be alright by then, until the car explodes, throwing Peter to the middle of a lawn with his loved ones surrounding him during his last moments. As he lays there, he tells Aunt May this:

"It's okay. I--I did it. Don't you see...it's okay. I did it. I couldn't save him. Uncle Ben. I couldn't save him...No matter what I did. But I saved you. I did it. I did.."

He then cuts off as his once opened eyes were closed. The comic then ends by having a close up on Norman's bloody face.

What made me almost tear up was his dying words, I've been following Ultimate Spider-Man since before it officially came out with my first issue being a preview during Free Comic Book Day. And seeing one of my favorite super heroes go like that, is pretty intense. But this wasn't the best Ultimate Comic Spider-Man; the whole thing went by fast, I was able to finish it with a matter of minutes, and I took my time to read it. I wish they would've written and drawn out more for it, it was too rushed for something like this.

That's my take on the Death of Spider-Man, I still have a few comics to read, especially the Fear Itself tie-ins, but once I finish those up, I'll write up a review for you guys.

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Fantastic Four Ending

The last issue of Fantastic Four came out yesterday, and I finally was able to read it. I'm not the biggest fan of The Human Torch, nor am I that deep into Fantastic Four, but my God this was a an excellent and sad ending. A majority of it was silent, just like in Ultimate Spider-Man, after Ultimatum, and everyone thought Peter was dead.

This comic brought a good amount of emotion without words, I got goosebumps once or twice.

I would love to see this. Val and her squad kicking the hell out of Annihilus for causing the death of her Uncle. Speaking of Val, we have yet found out that one deal she made with Doom a few comics ago. Maybe Doom will help Val with Annihilus since he showed up to pay his respects to Johnny.

Nathaniel Richards - father of Reed - is back. Wonder if this is right after that whole debacle with future Val and Franklin.

Thing and the Hulk getting in a tussle

This was a good part in the comic, Franklin and Spidery connected with each other talking about their uncles who have passed.

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The Fantastic Four Are No Longer Four

Everyone knows Marvel has been planning to kill off one of the Fantastic Four members, and now, it has been revealed on who kicks the bucket. Along with the death leaves another sad moment; the end of the Fantastic Four. And I'm not saying the group no longer will exist, I'm saying that the comics will be over with. Issue #588 will be the last continuity Fantastic Four comic. Marvel's Vice President, Tom, Brevoot, said that, "588 is the final issue of the Fantastic Four. Beyond that, we're not ready to say exactly what we're doing. There won't be an issue 589."

If you don't want to find out who dies, then don't read ahead.

Looks like you made it, now you get to find out that Johnny Storm dies after 50 years of radiation. I can't say how he dies, for no one really knows for sure expect that he's extinguished after fighting an exhausting battle. Today will land a sad day for the Fantastic Four world. Sure their scientific mumbo jumbo made it hard to follow, but the FF is one of Marvel's longest going comic. Well, here's to you Johnny. R.I.P Human Torch, you will be missed by every girl in the Marvel Universe.

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